Kent, Illinois (original) (raw)

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Unincorporated community in Illinois, United States

Kent
Unincorporated community
Sign leading into Kent, Illinois, which notes the population of both people and dogs.Sign leading into Kent, Illinois, which notes the population of both people and dogs.
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Coordinates: 42°18′31″N 89°54′07″W / 42.30861°N 89.90194°W / 42.30861; -89.90194[1]
Country United States
State Illinois
County Stephenson
Township Kent
Elevation[1] 896 ft (273 m)
Population (2000)
• Total 79
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip code 61044
Area code 815
GNIS feature ID 411409[1]

Kent is an unincorporated community in Stephenson County, Illinois. Kent is home to Solutions Bank, K & M Feed Mill, St. Paul's Lutheran Church (ELCA), Nuestro Queso cheesemakers and Kent Fire Department.

Post office in Kent

Kent was surveyed and platted in 1887 at the same time the Chicago Great Western Railroad laid its tracks through Stephenson County.[2] When the village was founded it was the only village within its township and it was thought that the area had great potential for growth.[2] Kent is probably named for the Reverend Aratus Kent, a traveling evangelist from Galena, Illinois.[3] The post office in present-day Kent was established on July 29, 1850.[3]

Kent is located in Stephenson County, Illinois about 12 miles west of Freeport.[3] Kent is located in the southwestern part of its township, near the Stephenson-Jo Daviess County line. It is also in proximity to Pearl City.[2]

According to the 2000 Census, statistics which included the village of Kent and its surrounding zip code area,[4] 274 people reside within the zip code 61044.[5]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kent, Illinois
  2. ^ a b c Fulwider, Addison L. History of Stephenson County, Illinois, Volume I, (Google Books link), BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2009 (reprint of public domain material), pp. 362-63, (ISBN 1110745974).
  3. ^ a b c Callary, Edward. Place Names of Illinois, (Google Books link), University of Illinois Press, 2008 p. 185, (ISBN 0252033566).
  4. ^ See Census reference map[_permanent dead link_].
  5. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.